Covid-19: Mumbai reports 92 cases, no death; active cases at 628

Of the 92 new cases, 89 patients were asymptomatic, while the remaining three were admitted in hospitals and none of them required oxygen support

Mumbai reported 92 new infections on Sunday, taking the tally to 10,59,914. No fresh fatality was registered, keeping the death toll unchanged at 19,563, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation bulletin.

The city’s recovery rate was 98 per cent, it said. As many as 7,856 tests were carried out in the city, taking their cumulative number to 1,69,02,618, the bulletin said.  Of the 92 new cases, 89 patients were asymptomatic, while the remaining three were admitted in hospitals and none of them required oxygen support.

With 73 more patients recovering from the infection during the day, the count of recoveries jumped to 10,39,723, leaving the metropolis with 628 active cases, the bulletin said. The case doubling rate of Mumbai was 8,739 days, while the growth rate of COVID-19 infections between April 24 and April 30 stood at 0.008 per cent, it said.

At present, out of 26,039 hospital beds earmarked for coronavirus patients, only 20 beds are occupied in the city, according to the bulletin. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 169 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the state’s infection tally to 78,77,901, the health department said. The state did not report any death due to the disease during the day, which kept its fatality count unchanged at 1,47,843.

There are 995 active cases in the state at present, the department said. On Saturday, the state had reported 155 new infections and one death. According to the department, 172 patients reported recovery during the day and so far a total of 77,29,063 patients have recuperated from the infection in the state.

Of the 169 new cases, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region—comprising Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and neighbouring areas—accounted for 120 infections. Pune division—which comprises Pune, Solapur and Satara districts—recorded 37 new cases.

Maharashtra’s COVID-19 recovery rate is now 98.11 per cent, while the death rate is 1.87 per cent. With 24,165 new coronavirus tests conducted since the previous evening, the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra rose to 8,02,12,310.

78,77,901
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

120
Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No of deaths in city on Sunday

73
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Sunday

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